LC Snover

[Lord Alphose]

Taken over from Sparktrain

Overview
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Snover is the only Pokemon in LC with a completely accurate Blizzard, as it is the only Pokemon in Little Cup that can set up hail with its ability. Its ability, Snow Warning, has many other uses as well. The most helpful is the ability to stop other weather effects. It easily shuts down Sand Rush, Chlorophyll, and Swift Swim users. The problem is that these weather abusers aren't very common. Snover is less potent now, especially with the Base Power nerf to Blizzard. On top of that, Snover now faces Fletchling, one of its biggest challenges. It is very hard to use Snover reliably when Fletchling is so common in the metagame.

Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 104 Atk / 184 SpA / 200 Spe
nature: Naive

Moves
========
Blizzard is the best STAB move on a hail inducer. It hits a lot of the tier, most notably Flying-types, extremely hard. Giga Drain hits Water-type switch-ins, healing Snover in the process. Ice Shard might seem a bit strange on a Choice Scarf set, but it provides Snover with a method of defeating opposing priority users that have been weakened, specifically Fletchling. The last slot provides coverage against common switch-ins to Blizzard. Hidden Power Fire nails opposing Steel-types, particularly Ferroseed. It is also the most effective choice for dealing with opposing Snover. Hidden Power Rock will hit opposing Fire-types on the switch such as Larvesta and Vulpix. Hidden Power Ground hits Magnemite the hardest. It also hits a mix of Fire- and Steel-types super effectively, such as Ponyta, Vulpix, and Honedge, but it misses the super effective coverage on Ferroseed, Bronzor, and Larvesta.

Set Details
========

Maximum Speed investment with a boosting nature gives Snover 14 Speed, allowing it to hit 21 Speed with Choice Scarf and outspeed the unboosted metagame. Special Attack is then maxed out to make Snover's attacks hit as hard as possible. A Naive nature increases Speed at the expense of Special Defense, meaning that Snover must try to avoid special attacks.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Scarf Snover is best used late-game when it can safely spam Blizzard. A prediction gone wrong early- or mid-game can spell doom for Snover. However, it can revenge kill reasonably well. If you bring Snover in on something weak to Ice, such as Archen, while they have an Ice-resistant Pokemon still in the ranks, prediction comes in. Use Giga Drain or the appropriate Hidden Power to punish the switch-in.

Team Options
========

As it is weak to Stealth Rock, Snover appreciates the help of a Rapid Spin or Defog user. Fortunately, many of these Pokemon pair well with Snover. Mold Breaker Drilbur can easily take on the Fire- and Steel-types that trouble Snover, including Pokemon with Levitate such as Bronzor. Vullaby can Defog entry hazards away and remove Eviolites with Knock Off, softening up the opposition for Snover. Staryu can take on the Fire-types that give Snover trouble. Archen provides Defog support and helps wall Fire-types and Fletchling, some Pokemon that are a huge problem for Snover.

Eviolite
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name: Eviolite
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 104 Atk / 40 Def / 184 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Quiet

Moves
========
Blizzard is a very powerful STAB move that has perfect accuracy in hail. Giga Drain is the best option for a secondary STAB move, as it keeps Snover healthy throughout the match and nails Water-types that resist Blizzard. Ice Shard is a useful move, picking off opposing Pokemon that are faster than Snover and have been significantly weakened. Keep in mind that Eviolite Snover can't take on max Speed Fletchling with Ice Shard as Snover is slower. The Hidden Power of choice goes in the last slot. This choice depends on Snover's teammates and what types of Pokemon are the biggest problem for your team. Hidden Power Rock hits most Fire-types hard. Hidden Power Ground nails Magnemite, and Hidden Power Fire hits Steel-types, especially Ferroseed, extremely hard.

Set Details
========

The investment in bulk gives Snover even numbers in its defenses, taking the best advantage of Eviolite. The remaining EVs are placed in both attacking stats, with Special Attack being maxed. As Snover needs investment in both offensive and defensive stats, a Speed-lowering nature is used. The EV spread also allows for any Hidden Power listed to be used without trouble.

Usage Tips
========

Bulky Snover makes use of its typing to repeatedly switch into Water-, Electric-, and Ground-types and heal up with Giga Drain. This makes it an especially good switch-in for Chinchou, as Chinchou rarely carries Hidden Power Fire. This Snover variant can also bluff being Choice-locked, as many people expect Snover to be a Choice Scarf variant. For example, it can surprise Water-types with Giga Drain if the opponent thinks Snover is locked into Blizzard.

Team Options
========

Snover appreciates a Rapid Spin or Defog user, such as Drilbur, Vullaby, and Staryu. Archen is a good partner as it carries Defog and can take on Pokemon such as Fletchling and Houndour. Snover can take on the Water-types and Electric-types that threaten Archen. Fighting-types are a problem for Snover, so Flying-types such as Fletchling and Doduo make good offensive teammates.

Other Options
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Energy Ball is a more powerful option which can be used over Giga Drain, although Energy Ball doesn't get any notable KOs that Giga Drain doesn't. Leech Seed is an option on the Eviolite set, although it's usually better to use Giga Drain. Don't use Synthesis, as it only restores 25% HP in hail. Hidden Power Fighting is an option if you're trying to lure Pawniard, but Eviolite Pawniard isn't OHKOed by it and Choice Scarf Pawniard outspeeds any Snover variant. Shadow Ball is an option to 2HKO Honedge, but its usefulness ends there as most other Ghost-types are hit just as hard or harder by Blizzard. Water Pulse can be used in place of Hidden Power in order to hit Fire-types, but it's inferior to Hidden Power Rock because it misses the OHKO on Larvesta and it misses the 2HKO on Vulpix.

Checks & Counters
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**Fire-types**: As long as they don't come in on a Hidden Power Rock, Ponyta, Houndour, and Larvesta can switch into Snover without a problem and take advantage of its 4x weakness to Fire. Larvesta in particular can capitalize on the forced switch by using U-turn.

**Vulpix**: Vulpix not only poses a large threat to Snover with its Fire-type STAB moves, but also removes the hail with Drought.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Magnemite and Pawniard can switch in on Snover's STAB moves and immediately threaten it with their super effective Steel-type STAB attacks.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Mienfoo and Timburr can easily tank a Blizzard and then KO with their Fighting-type STAB moves. In particular, Timburr can revenge Choice Scarf Snover quite easily with Mach Punch, which does around 80%.

**Tentacool**: Tentacool resists Blizzard, and if Snover uses Giga Drain, Tentacool's Liquid Ooze will hurt Snover in the process. Tentacool can then threaten it back with a super effective STAB Sludge Bomb.

**Fletchling**: Fletchling easily revenge kills Snover with priority Acrobatics. The only thing it has to fear is Ice Shard from Choice Scarf Snover.

 

[Lord Alphose]

Typed out and ready for a final QC check. I'm looking at you Corporal Levi

 

[Corporal Levi]

Overview:
Snover sets up hail, not blizzard, on its own.

Choice Scarf:
Naive increases Speed, not Special Attack.
Under Team Options, mention Archen for its ability to check Fletchling and Fire-types while providing Defog support.

Other Options:
Specify Eviolite Pawniard as the variant that is able to survive the OHKO from HP Fighting, because Choice Scarf variants are OHKOed.

Alphose, I'll go ahead and say this is ready for GP, but could you please look this over again? You can write much, much better than this.

 

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Overview
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Snover is the only Pokemon in LC with a completely accurate Blizzard, as it is the only Pokemon that can set up hail with an its ability. This ability, Snow Warning, has many other uses as well. The most helpful is its ability to stop other weather effects. It easily shuts down Sandstorm abusers, Chlorphyll sweepers, and Swift Swim users. The problem is that these weather abusers aren't very common. Snover's (Snover's what? I don't understand what you mean here) is less potent now, especially with the Base Power nerf to Blizzard. And one of the biggest challenges that Snover faces is Fletchling. It is really very hard to use Snover when Fletchling is so extremely common in the metagame.

Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 104 Atk / 184 SpA / 200 Spe
nature: Naive

Moves
========
Blizzard is the best STAB move on a hail inducer. It hits a lot of the tier, most notably the Flying-types, extremely hard. Giga Drain hits those obvious Water-type switch-ins, healing Snover in the process. Ice Shard may seem a bit strange on a Choice Scarf set, but it provides Snover with a method of defeating opposing priority users that have been weakened, specifically Fletchling. The last slot provides coverage against common switch-ins to Blizzard. Hidden Power Fire will hit opposing Steel-types, particularly Ferroseed. It is also the most effective choice for dealing with opposing Snover. Hidden Power Rock will hit opposing Fire-types on the switch such as Larvesta and Vulpix. Hidden Power Ground hits Magnemite the hardest. It also hits a mix of Fire- and Steel-types super effectively, such as Ponyta, Vulpix, and Honedge, but it misses the super effective coverage on Ferroseed, Bronzor, and Larvesta.

Set Details
========

Maximum Speed investment with a boosting nature gives Snover 14 Speed, allowing it to hit 21 with Choice Scarf, allowing it to and outspeed the unboosted metagame. Special Attack is then maxed to make Snover’s attacks hit as hard as possible. The rest goes into HP to give Snover a little bulk. Naive increases Speed at the expense of Special Defense, meaning that Snover must try to avoid special attacks.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Scarf Snover is best used late-game when it can safely spam Blizzard. A prediction gone wrong early- to mid-game can mean the end for Snover. However, it can revenge kill reasonably well. If you bring Snover in on something weak to Ice, like such as Archen, while they have an Ice-resistant Pokemon still in the ranks, this is where the prediction comes in. Use Giga Drain or the appropriate Hidden Power to punish the switch-in.

Team Options
========

As it is weak to Stealth Rock, Snover appreciates the help of a Rapid Spin or Defog user. Fortunately, many of these Pokemon pair well with Snover. Mold Breaker Drilbur can easily take on the Fire- and Steel-types that trouble Snover, including Levitate Pokemon with Levitate such as Bronzor. Vullaby can Defog entry hazards away and remove Eviolites with Knock Off, softening up the opposition for Snover. Staryu can take on the Fire-types that give Snover trouble. Archen provides Defog support and helps wall of Fire-types and Fletchling, some Pokemon that are a huge problem for Snover.

Eviolite
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name: Eviolite
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 104 Atk / 40 Def / 184 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Quiet

Moves
========
Blizzard is a very powerful STAB move that has perfect accuracy in the snow. Giga Drain is the best option for a secondary STAB move, as it keeps Snover healthy throughout the match and nails Water-types that resist Blizzard. Ice Shard is is a useful move, picking off opposing Pokemon that are faster than Snover and have been significantly weakened. Keep in mind that Eviolite Snover can't take on max Speed Fletchling with Ice Shard since Snover is slower. The Hidden Power of choice goes in the last slot. This choice depends on Snover's teammates and what types of Pokemon are the biggest problem for your team. (maybe reiterate what the Hidden Powers hit)

Set Details
========

The investment in bulk gives Snover even numbers in its defenses, taking the best advantage of Eviolite. Snover also needs investment in both of its attacking stats, so EVs are placed in both attacking stats, with Special Attack being maxed. As Snover needs investment in both attacking stats and both defensive stats, a Speed lowering nature is used. The EV spread also allows for any Hidden Power listed to be used without trouble.

Usage Tips
========

Bulky Snover makes use of its typing to repeatedly switch into Water-, Electric-, and Ground-types and heal up with Giga Drain. This makes it an especially good switch in for Chinchou, since Chinchou rarely carries Hidden Power Fire. This Snover variant can also bluff being Choice-locked, as many people expect Snover to be a Choice Scarf variant. For example, it can surprise Water-types with Giga Drain if they think it's locked into Blizzard.

Team Options
========

Snover appreciates a Rapid Spin or Defog users, such as Drilbur, Vullaby, and Staryu. Archen is a good partner as it carries Defog and can take on Pokemon such as Fletchling and Houndour. Snover can take on the Water-types and Electric-types that threaten Archen. Fighting-type Pokemon are a problem for Snover, so Flying-types such as Fletchling and Doduo make good offensive teammates, as they threaten Fighting-types with their powerful Flying-type moves.

Other Options
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Energy Ball is a more powerful option that can be used over Giga Drain, although Energy Ball doesn't get any notable KOs that Giga Drain doesn't. Leech Seed is an option on the Eviolite set, although it's usually better to use Giga Drain. Don't use Synthesis, as it only restores 25% HP in hail. Hidden Power Fighting is an option if you're trying to lure Pawniard, but Eviolite Pawniard isn't OHKOed and Choice Scarf Pawniard outspeeds any Snover variant. Shadow Ball is an option to 2HKO Honedge, but its usefulness ends there as most other Ghost-types are hit just as hard or harder by Blizzard. Water Pulse can be used in place of Hidden Power in order to hit Fire types, but it's inferior to Hidden Power Rock because it misses the OHKO on Larvesta and it misses the 2HKO on Vulpix.

Checks & Counters
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**Fire-types**: As long as they don't come in on a Hidden Power Rock, Ponyta, Houndour, and Larvesta can switch into Snover without a problem and take advantage of its 4x weakness to Fire. Larvesta in particular can capitalize on the forced switch by using U-turn.

**Vulpix**: Vulpix not only poses a large threat to Snover with its Fire-type STAB moves, it but also removes the hail with Drought.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Magnemite and Pawniard can switch in on Snover's STAB moves and immediately threaten it with their super effective STAB Steel-type attacks.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Mienfoo and Timburr can easily tank a Blizzard, and then KO with Fighting-type STAB moves. Timburr in particular can revenge Choice Scarf Snover quite easily with Mach Punch, which does around 80% HP to it.

**Tentacool**: Tentacool resists Blizzard, and if Snover uses Giga Drain, Tentacool’s Liquid Ooze will hurt Snover in the process. It Tentacool can then threaten it back with a super effective STAB Sludge Bomb.

**Fletchling**: Fletchling easily revenge kills Snover with priority Acrobatics. The only thing it has to fear is Ice Shard from Choice Scarf Snover.

 

[Lord Alphose]

Thank you :)
This was implemented

 

[P Squared]

I hope you don't mind another amcheck? :)
There are just a couple missing letters and dashes, I think.

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Overview
########

Snover is the only Pokemon in LC with a completely accurate Blizzard, as it is the only Pokemon in Little Cup that can set up hail with its ability. This ability, Snow Warning, has many other uses as well. The most helpful is its ability to stop other weather effects. It easily shuts down Sandstorm abusers, Chlorophyll (you left out an o) sweepers, and Swift Swim users. The problem is that these weather abusers aren't very common. Snover is less potent now, especially with the Base Power nerf to Blizzard. And one of the biggest challenges that Snover faces is Fletchling. It is very hard to use Snover when Fletchling is so common in the metagame.

Choice Scarf
########
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 104 Atk / 184 SpA / 200 Spe
nature: Naive

Moves
========
Blizzard is the best STAB move on a hail inducer. It hits a lot of the tier, most notably the Flying-types, extremely hard. Giga Drain hits Water-type switch-ins, healing Snover in the process. Ice Shard may seem a bit strange on a Choice Scarf set, but it provides Snover with a method of defeating opposing priority users that have been weakened, specifically Fletchling. The last slot provides coverage against common switch-ins to Blizzard. Hidden Power Fire will hit opposing Steel-types, particularly Ferroseed. It is also the most effective choice for dealing with opposing Snover. Hidden Power Rock will hit opposing Fire-types on the switch such as Larvesta and Vulpix. Hidden Power Ground hits Magnemite the hardest. It also hits a mix of Fire- and Steel-types super effectively, such as Ponyta, Vulpix, and Honedge, but it misses the super effective coverage on Ferroseed, Bronzor, and Larvesta.

Set Details
========

Maximum Speed investment with a boosting nature gives Snover 14 Speed, allowing it to hit 21 with Choice Scarf and outspeed the unboosted metagame. Special Attack is then maxed to make Snover’s attacks hit as hard as possible. The rest goes into HP to give Snover a little bulk. Naive increases Speed at the expense of Special Defense, meaning that Snover must try to avoid special attacks.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Scarf Snover is best used late-game when it can safely spam Blizzard. A prediction gone wrong early- to mid-game can mean the end for Snover. However, it can revenge kill reasonably well. If you bring Snover in on something weak to Ice, such as Archen, while they have an Ice-resistant Pokemon still in the ranks, prediction comes in. Use Giga Drain or the appropriate Hidden Power to punish the switch-in.

Team Options
========

As it is weak to Stealth Rock, Snover appreciates the help of a Rapid Spin or Defog user. Fortunately, many of these Pokemon pair well with Snover. Mold Breaker Drilbur can easily take on the Fire- and Steel-types that trouble Snover, including Pokemon with Levitate such as Bronzor. Vullaby can Defog entry hazards away and remove Eviolites with Knock Off, softening up the opposition for Snover. Staryu can take on the Fire-types that give Snover trouble. Archen provides Defog support and helps wall of (frenzyplant suggested the same) Fire-types and Fletchling, some Pokemon that are a huge problem for Snover.

Eviolite
########
name: Eviolite
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 104 Atk / 40 Def / 184 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Quiet

Moves
========
Blizzard is a very powerful STAB move that has perfect accuracy in the snow. Giga Drain is the best option for a secondary STAB move, as it keeps Snover healthy throughout the match and nails Water-types that resist Blizzard. Ice Shard is is a useful move, picking off opposing Pokemon that are faster than Snover and have been significantly weakened. Keep in mind that Eviolite Snover can't take on max Speed Fletchling with Ice Shard since Snover is slower. The Hidden Power of choice goes in the last slot. This choice depends on Snover's teammates and what types of Pokemon are the biggest problem for your team. Hidden Power Rock hits most Fire-types hard. Hidden Power Ground nails Magnemite, and Hidden Power Fire hits Steel-types, especially Ferroseed, extremely hard.

Set Details
========

The investment in bulk gives Snover even numbers in its defenses, taking the best advantage of Eviolite. EVs are placed in both attacking stats, with Special Attack being maxed. As Snover needs investment in both attacking stats and both defensive stats, a Speed lowering nature is used. The EV spread also allows for any Hidden Power listed to be used without trouble.

Usage Tips
========

Bulky Snover makes use of its typing to repeatedly switch into Water-, Electric-, and Ground-types and heal up with Giga Drain. This makes it an especially good switch-in (missing a dash here) for Chinchou, since Chinchou rarely carries Hidden Power Fire. This Snover variant can also bluff being Choice-locked, as many people expect Snover to be a Choice Scarf variant. For example, it can surprise Water-types with Giga Drain if they think it's locked into Blizzard.

Team Options
========

Snover appreciates a Rapid Spin or Defog user, such as Drilbur, Vullaby, and Staryu. Archen is a good partner as it carries Defog and can take on Pokemon such as Fletchling and Houndour. Snover can take on the Water-types and Electric-types that threaten Archen. Fighting-type Pokemon are a problem for Snover, so Flying-types such as Fletchling and Doduo make good offensive teammates.

Other Options
########

Energy Ball is a more powerful option that can be used over Giga Drain, although Energy Ball doesn't get any notable KOs that Giga Drain doesn't. Leech Seed is an option on the Eviolite set, although it's usually better to use Giga Drain. Don't use Synthesis, as it only restores 25% HP in hail. Hidden Power Fighting is an option if you're trying to lure Pawniard, but Eviolite Pawniard isn't OHKOed and Choice Scarf Pawniard outspeeds any Snover variant. Shadow Ball is an option to 2HKO Honedge, but its usefulness ends there as most other Ghost-types are hit just as hard or harder by Blizzard. Water Pulse can be used in place of Hidden Power in order to hit Fire-types (another dash here), but it's inferior to Hidden Power Rock because it misses the OHKO on Larvesta and it misses the 2HKO on Vulpix.

Checks & Counters
########

**Fire-types**: As long as they don't come in on a Hidden Power Rock, Ponyta, Houndour, and Larvesta can switch into Snover without a problem and take advantage of its 4x weakness to Fire. Larvesta in particular can capitalize on the forced switch by using U-turn.

**Vulpix**: Vulpix not only poses a large threat to Snover with its Fire-type STAB moves, but also removes the hail with Drought.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Magnemite and Pawniard can switch in on Snover's STAB moves and immediately threaten it with their super effective STAB Steel-type attacks.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Mienfoo and Timburr can easily tank a Blizzard, and then KO with Fighting-type STAB moves. Timburr in particular can revenge Choice Scarf Snover quite easily with Mach Punch, which does around 80% HP to it.

**Tentacool**: Tentacool resists Blizzard, and if Snover uses Giga Drain, Tentacool’s Liquid Ooze will hurt Snover in the process. Tentacool can then threaten it back with a super effective STAB Sludge Bomb.

**Fletchling**: Fletchling easily revenge kills Snover with priority Acrobatics. The only thing it has to fear is Ice Shard from Choice Scarf Snover.

 

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Overview
########
Snover is the only Pokemon in LC with a completely accurate Blizzard, as it is the only Pokemon in Little Cup that can set up hail with its ability. ThiIts ability, Snow Warning, has many other uses as well. The most helpful is itsthe ability to stop other weather effects. It easily shuts down Sandstorm abusers Rush, Chlorophyll sweepers, and Swift Swim users. The problem is that these weather abusers aren't very common. Snover is less potent now, especially with the Base Power nerf to Blizzard. And one of the biggest challenges that Snover faces is Fletchling. It is very hard to use Snover when Fletchling is so common in the metagame.
Choice Scarf
########
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 104 Atk / 184 SpA / 200 Spe
nature: Naive
Moves
========
Blizzard is the best STAB move on a hail inducer. It hits a lot of the tier, most notably the Flying-types, extremely hard. Giga Drain hits Water-type switch-ins, healing Snover in the process. Ice Shard may seem a bit strange on a Choice Scarf set, but it provides Snover with a method of defeating opposing priority users that have been weakened, specifically Fletchling. The last slot provides coverage against common switch-ins to Blizzard. Hidden Power Fire will hitnails opposing Steel-types, particularly Ferroseed. It is also the most effective choice for dealing with opposing Snover. Hidden Power Rock will hit opposing Fire-types on the switch, such as Larvesta and Vulpix. Hidden Power Ground hits Magnemite the hardest. It also hits a mix of Fire- and Steel-types super effectively, such as Ponyta, Vulpix, and Honedge, but it misses the super effective coverage on Ferroseed, Bronzor, and Larvesta.
Set Details
========
Maximum Speed investment with a boosting nature gives Snover 14 Speed, allowing it to hit 21 Speed with Choice Scarf and outspeed the unboosted metagame. Special Attack is then maxed out to make Snover’s attacks hit as hard as possible. The rest goes into HP to give Snover a little bulk. A Naive nature increases Speed at the expense of Special Defense, meaning that Snover must try to avoid special attacks.
Usage Tips
========
Choice Scarf Snover is best used late-game when it can safely spam Blizzard. A prediction gone wrong early- to mid-game can mean the endspell doom for Snover. However, it can revenge kill reasonably well. If you bring Snover in on something weak to Ice, such as Archen, while they have an Ice-resistant Pokemon still in the ranks, prediction comes in. Use Giga Drain or the appropriate Hidden Power to punish the switch-in.
Team Options
========
As it is weak to Stealth Rock, Snover appreciates the help of a Rapid Spin or Defog user. Fortunately, many of these Pokemon pair well with Snover. Mold Breaker Drilbur can easily take on the Fire- and Steel-types that trouble Snover, including Pokemon with Levitate such as Bronzor. Vullaby can Defog entry hazards away and remove Eviolites with Knock Off, softening up the opposition for Snover. Staryu can take on the Fire-types that give Snover trouble. Archen provides Defog support and helps wall Fire-types and Fletchling, some Pokemon that are a huge problem for Snover.
Eviolite
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name: Eviolite
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 104 Atk / 40 Def / 184 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Quiet
Moves
========
Blizzard is a very powerful STAB move that has perfect accuracy in the snowhail. Giga Drain is the best option for a secondary STAB move, as it keeps Snover healthy throughout the match and nails Water-types that resist Blizzard. Ice Shard is is a useful move, picking off opposing Pokemon that are faster than Snover and have been significantly weakened. Keep in mind that Eviolite Snover can't take on max Speed Fletchling with Ice Shard, asince Snover is slower. The Hidden Power of choice goes in the last slot. This choice depends on Snover's teammates and what types of Pokemon are the biggest problem for your team. Hidden Power Rock hits most Fire-types hard. Hidden Power Ground nails Magnemite, and Hidden Power Fire hits Steel-types, especially Ferroseed, extremely hard.
Set Details
========
The investment in bulk gives Snover even numbers in its defenses, taking the best advantage of Eviolite. The remaining EVs are placed in both attacking stats, with Special Attack being maxed. As Snover needs investment in both attacking stats and both defensive stats, a Speed lowering nature is used. The EV spread also allows for any Hidden Power listed to be used without trouble.
Usage Tips
========
Bulky Snover makes use of its typing to repeatedly switch into Water-, Electric-, and Ground-types and heal up with Giga Drain. This makes it an especially good switch-in for Chinchou, asince Chinchou rarely carries Hidden Power Fire. This Snover variant can also bluff being Choice-locked, as many people expect Snover to be a Choice Scarf variant. For example, it can surprise Water-types with Giga Drain if they opponent think itSnover's locked into Blizzard.
Team Options
========
Snover appreciates a Rapid Spin or Defog user, such as Drilbur, Vullaby, and Staryu. Archen is a good partner as it carries Defog and can take on Pokemon such as Fletchling and Houndour. Snover can take on the Water-types and Electric-types that threaten Archen. Fighting-type Pokemons are a problem for Snover, so Flying-types such as Fletchling and Doduo make good offensive teammates.
Other Options
########
Energy Ball is a more powerful option thatwhich can be used over Giga Drain, although Energy Ball doesn't get any notable KOs that Giga Drain doesn't. Leech Seed is an option on the Eviolite set, although it's usually better to use Giga Drain. Don't use Synthesis, as it only restores 25% HP in hail. Hidden Power Fighting is an option if you're trying to lure Pawniard, but Eviolite Pawniard isn't OHKOed by it, and Choice Scarf Pawniard outspeeds any Snover variant. Shadow Ball is an option to 2HKO Honedge, but its usefulness ends there as most other Ghost-types are hit just as hard or harder by Blizzard. Water Pulse can be used in place of Hidden Power in order to hit Fire-types, but it's inferior to Hidden Power Rock because it misses the OHKO on Larvesta and it misses the 2HKO on Vulpix.
Checks & Counters
########
**Fire-types**: As long as they don't come in on a Hidden Power Rock, Ponyta, Houndour, and Larvesta can switch into Snover without a problem and take advantage of its 4x weakness to Fire. Larvesta, in particular, can capitalize on the forced switch by using U-turn.
**Vulpix**: Vulpix not only poses a large threat to Snover with its Fire-type STAB moves, but also removes the hail with Drought.
**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Magnemite and Pawniard can switch in on Snover's STAB moves and immediately threaten it with their super effective STAB Steel-type STAB attacks.
**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Mienfoo and Timburr can easily tank a Blizzard, and then KO with their Fighting-type STAB moves. Timburr iIn particular, Timburr can revenge Choice Scarf Snover quite easily with Mach Punch, which does around 80% HP to it.
**Tentacool**: Tentacool resists Blizzard, and if Snover uses Giga Drain, Tentacool’s Liquid Ooze will hurt Snover in the process. Tentacool can then threaten it back with a super effective STAB Sludge Bomb.
**Fletchling**: Fletchling easily revenge kills Snover with priority Acrobatics. The only thing it has to fear is Ice Shard from Choice Scarf Snover.

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[Lord Alphose]

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Overview
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Snover is the only Pokemon in LC with a completely accurate Blizzard, as it is the only Pokemon in Little Cup that can set up hail with its ability. Its ability, Snow Warning, has many other uses as well. The most helpful is the ability to stop other weather effects. It easily shuts down Sand Rush, Chlorophyll, and Swift Swim users. The problem is that these weather abusers aren't very common. Snover is less potent now, especially with the Base Power nerf to Blizzard. And one of the biggest challenges that Snover faces is Fletchling. It is very hard to use Snover when Fletchling is so common in the metagame.

Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 104 Atk / 184 SpA / 200 Spe
nature: Naive

Moves
========
Blizzard is the best STAB move on a hail inducer. It hits a lot of the tier, most notably Flying-types, extremely hard. Giga Drain hits Water-type switch-ins, healing Snover in the process. Ice Shard may might seem a bit strange on a Choice Scarf set, but it provides Snover with a method of defeating opposing priority users that have been weakened, specifically Fletchling. The last slot provides coverage against common switch-ins to Blizzard. Hidden Power Fire nails opposing Steel-types, particularly Ferroseed. It is also the most effective choice for dealing with opposing Snover. Hidden Power Rock will hit opposing Fire-types on the switch such as Larvesta and Vulpix. Hidden Power Ground hits Magnemite the hardest. It also hits a mix of Fire- and Steel-types super effectively, such as Ponyta, Vulpix, and Honedge, but it misses the super effective coverage on Ferroseed, Bronzor, and Larvesta.

Set Details
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Maximum Speed investment with a boosting nature gives Snover 14 Speed, allowing it to hit 21 Speed with Choice Scarf and outspeed the unboosted metagame. Special Attack is then maxed out to make Snover's attacks hit as hard as possible. The rest goes into HP to give Snover a little bulk. A Naive nature increases Speed at the expense of Special Defense, meaning that Snover must try to avoid special attacks.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Scarf Snover is best used late-game when it can safely spam Blizzard. A prediction gone wrong early- or to mid-game can spell doom for Snover. However, it can revenge kill reasonably well. If you bring Snover in on something weak to Ice, such as Archen, while they have an Ice-resistant Pokemon still in the ranks, prediction comes in. Use Giga Drain or the appropriate Hidden Power to punish the switch-in.

Team Options
========

As it is weak to Stealth Rock, Snover appreciates the help of a Rapid Spin or Defog user. Fortunately, many of these Pokemon pair well with Snover. Mold Breaker Drilbur can easily take on the Fire- and Steel-types that trouble Snover, including Pokemon with Levitate such as Bronzor. Vullaby can Defog entry hazards away and remove Eviolites with Knock Off, softening up the opposition for Snover. Staryu can take on the Fire-types that give Snover trouble. Archen provides Defog support and helps wall Fire-types and Fletchling, some Pokemon that are a huge problem for Snover.

Eviolite
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name: Eviolite
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 104 Atk / 40 Def / 184 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Quiet

Moves
========
Blizzard is a very powerful STAB move that has perfect accuracy in hail. Giga Drain is the best option for a secondary STAB move, as it keeps Snover healthy throughout the match and nails Water-types that resist Blizzard. Ice Shard is a useful move, picking off opposing Pokemon that are faster than Snover and have been significantly weakened. Keep in mind that Eviolite Snover can't take on max Speed Fletchling with Ice Shard as Snover is slower. The Hidden Power of choice goes in the last slot. This choice depends on Snover's teammates and what types of Pokemon are the biggest problem for your team. Hidden Power Rock hits most Fire-types hard. Hidden Power Ground nails Magnemite, and Hidden Power Fire hits Steel-types, especially Ferroseed, extremely hard.

Set Details
========

The investment in bulk gives Snover even numbers in its defenses, taking the best advantage of Eviolite. The remaining EVs are placed in both attacking stats, with Special Attack being maxed. As Snover needs investment in both offensive attacking stats and both defensive stats, a Speed-lowering nature is used. The EV spread also allows for any Hidden Power listed to be used without trouble.

Usage Tips
========

Bulky Snover makes use of its typing to repeatedly switch into Water-, Electric-, and Ground-types and heal up with Giga Drain. This makes it an especially good switch-in for Chinchou, as Chinchou rarely carries Hidden Power Fire. This Snover variant can also bluff being Choice-locked, as many people expect Snover to be a Choice Scarf variant. For example, it can surprise Water-types with Giga Drain if the opponent thinks Snover is locked into Blizzard.

Team Options
========

Snover appreciates a Rapid Spin or Defog user, such as Drilbur, Vullaby, and Staryu. Archen is a good partner as it carries Defog and can take on Pokemon such as Fletchling and Houndour. Snover can take on the Water-types and Electric-types that threaten Archen. Fighting-types are a problem for Snover, so Flying-types such as Fletchling and Doduo make good offensive teammates.

Other Options
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Energy Ball is a more powerful option which can be used over Giga Drain, although Energy Ball doesn't get any notable KOs that Giga Drain doesn't. Leech Seed is an option on the Eviolite set, although it's usually better to use Giga Drain. Don't use Synthesis, as it only restores 25% HP in hail. Hidden Power Fighting is an option if you're trying to lure in Pawniard, but Eviolite Pawniard isn't OHKOed by it and Choice Scarf Pawniard outspeeds any Snover variant. Shadow Ball is an option to 2HKO Honedge, but its usefulness ends there as most other Ghost-types are hit just as hard or harder by Blizzard. Water Pulse can be used in place of Hidden Power in order to hit Fire-types, but it's inferior to Hidden Power Rock because it misses the OHKO on Larvesta and it misses the 2HKO on Vulpix.

Checks & Counters
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**Fire-types**: As long as they don't come in on a Hidden Power Rock, Ponyta, Houndour, and Larvesta can switch into Snover without a problem and take advantage of its 4x weakness to Fire. Larvesta in particular can capitalize on the forced switch by using U-turn.

**Vulpix**: Vulpix not only poses a large threat to Snover with its Fire-type STAB moves, but also removes the hail with Drought.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Magnemite and Pawniard can switch in on Snover's STAB moves and immediately threaten it with their super effective Steel-type STAB attacks.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Mienfoo and Timburr can easily tank a Blizzard, (RC) and then KO with their Fighting-type STAB moves. In particular, Timburr can revenge Choice Scarf Snover quite easily with Mach Punch, which does around 80% HP to it.

**Tentacool**: Tentacool resists Blizzard, and if Snover uses Giga Drain, Tentacool's Liquid Ooze will hurt Snover in the process. Tentacool can then threaten it back with a super effective STAB Sludge Bomb.

**Fletchling**: Fletchling easily revenge kills Snover with priority Acrobatics. The only thing it has to fear is Ice Shard from Choice Scarf Snover.

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[Lord Alphose]

Thank you, I believe this is finished

 

[sparktrain]

Just noticed this, but under Choice Scarf Set Details it talks about HP EVs when there are actually none on the set... idk if it's too late but change that to attack EVs.

 

[michael]

Taken over from Sparktrain

Overview
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Snover is the only Pokemon in LC with a completely accurate Blizzard, as it is the only Pokemon in Little Cup that can set up hail with its ability. Its ability, Snow Warning, has many other uses as well. The most helpful is the ability to stop other weather effects. It easily shuts down Sand Rush, Chlorophyll, and Swift Swim users. The problem is that these weather abusers aren't very common. Snover is less potent now, especially with the Base Power nerf to Blizzard. And one of the biggest challenges that Snover faces is Fletchling. It is very hard to use Snover when Fletchling is so common in the metagame.

Choice Scarf
########
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 104 Atk / 184 SpA / 200 Spe
nature: Naive

Moves
========
Blizzard is the best STAB move on a hail inducer. It hits a lot of the tier, most notably Flying-types, extremely hard. Giga Drain hits Water-type switch-ins, healing Snover in the process. Ice Shard might seem a bit strange on a Choice Scarf set, but it provides Snover with a method of defeating opposing priority users that have been weakened, specifically Fletchling. The last slot provides coverage against common switch-ins to Blizzard. Hidden Power Fire nails opposing Steel-types, particularly Ferroseed. It is also the most effective choice for dealing with opposing Snover. Hidden Power Rock will hit opposing Fire-types on the switch such as Larvesta and Vulpix. Hidden Power Ground hits Magnemite the hardest. It also hits a mix of Fire- and Steel-types super effectively, such as Ponyta, Vulpix, and Honedge, but it misses the super effective coverage on Ferroseed, Bronzor, and Larvesta.

Set Details
========

Maximum Speed investment with a boosting nature gives Snover 14 Speed, allowing it to hit 21 Speed with Choice Scarf and outspeed the unboosted metagame. Special Attack is then maxed out to make Snover's attacks hit as hard as possible. A Naive nature increases Speed at the expense of Special Defense, meaning that Snover must try to avoid special attacks.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Scarf Snover is best used late-game when it can safely spam Blizzard. A prediction gone wrong early- or mid-game can spell doom for Snover. However, it can revenge kill reasonably well. If you bring Snover in on something weak to Ice, such as Archen, while they have an Ice-resistant Pokemon still in the ranks, prediction comes in. Use Giga Drain or the appropriate Hidden Power to punish the switch-in.

Team Options
========

As it is weak to Stealth Rock, Snover appreciates the help of a Rapid Spin or Defog user. Fortunately, many of these Pokemon pair well with Snover. Mold Breaker Drilbur can easily take on the Fire- and Steel-types that trouble Snover, including Pokemon with Levitate such as Bronzor. Vullaby can Defog entry hazards away and remove Eviolites with Knock Off, softening up the opposition for Snover. Staryu can take on the Fire-types that give Snover trouble. Archen provides Defog support and helps wall Fire-types and Fletchling, some Pokemon that are a huge problem for Snover.

Eviolite
########
name: Eviolite
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Snow Warning
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 104 Atk / 40 Def / 184 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Quiet

Moves
========
Blizzard is a very powerful STAB move that has perfect accuracy in hail. Giga Drain is the best option for a secondary STAB move, as it keeps Snover healthy throughout the match and nails Water-types that resist Blizzard. Ice Shard is a useful move, picking off opposing Pokemon that are faster than Snover and have been significantly weakened. Keep in mind that Eviolite Snover can't take on max Speed Fletchling with Ice Shard as Snover is slower. The Hidden Power of choice goes in the last slot. This choice depends on Snover's teammates and what types of Pokemon are the biggest problem for your team. Hidden Power Rock hits most Fire-types hard. Hidden Power Ground nails Magnemite, and Hidden Power Fire hits Steel-types, especially Ferroseed, extremely hard.

Set Details
========

The investment in bulk gives Snover even numbers in its defenses, taking the best advantage of Eviolite. The remaining EVs are placed in both attacking stats, with Special Attack being maxed. As Snover needs investment in both offensive and defensive stats, a Speed-lowering nature is used. The EV spread also allows for any Hidden Power listed to be used without trouble.

Usage Tips
========

Bulky Snover makes use of its typing to repeatedly switch into Water-, Electric-, and Ground-types and heal up with Giga Drain. This makes it an especially good switch-in for Chinchou, as Chinchou rarely carries Hidden Power Fire. This Snover variant can also bluff being Choice-locked, as many people expect Snover to be a Choice Scarf variant. For example, it can surprise Water-types with Giga Drain if the opponent thinks Snover is locked into Blizzard.

Team Options
========

Snover appreciates a Rapid Spin or Defog user, such as Drilbur, Vullaby, and Staryu. Archen is a good partner as it carries Defog and can take on Pokemon such as Fletchling and Houndour. Snover can take on the Water-types and Electric-types that threaten Archen. Fighting-types are a problem for Snover, so Flying-types such as Fletchling and Doduo make good offensive teammates.

Other Options
########

Energy Ball is a more powerful option which can be used over Giga Drain, although Energy Ball doesn't get any notable KOs that Giga Drain doesn't. Leech Seed is an option on the Eviolite set, although it's usually better to use Giga Drain. Don't use Synthesis, as it only restores 25% HP in hail. Hidden Power Fighting is an option if you're trying to lure Pawniard, but Eviolite Pawniard isn't OHKOed by it and Choice Scarf Pawniard outspeeds any Snover variant. Shadow Ball is an option to 2HKO Honedge, but its usefulness ends there as most other Ghost-types are hit just as hard or harder by Blizzard. Water Pulse can be used in place of Hidden Power in order to hit Fire-types, but it's inferior to Hidden Power Rock because it misses the OHKO on Larvesta and it misses the 2HKO on Vulpix.

Checks & Counters
########

**Fire-types**: As long as they don't come in on a Hidden Power Rock, Ponyta, Houndour, and Larvesta can switch into Snover without a problem and take advantage of its 4x weakness to Fire. Larvesta in particular can capitalize on the forced switch by using U-turn.

**Vulpix**: Vulpix not only poses a large threat to Snover with its Fire-type STAB moves, but also removes the hail with Drought.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Magnemite and Pawniard can switch in on Snover's STAB moves and immediately threaten it with their super effective Steel-type STAB attacks.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Mienfoo and Timburr can easily tank a Blizzard and then KO with their Fighting-type STAB moves. In particular, Timburr can revenge Choice Scarf Snover quite easily with Mach Punch, which does around 80%.

**Tentacool**: Tentacool resists Blizzard, and if Snover uses Giga Drain, Tentacool's Liquid Ooze will hurt Snover in the process. Tentacool can then threaten it back with a super effective STAB Sludge Bomb.

**Fletchling**: Fletchling easily revenge kills Snover with priority Acrobatics. The only thing it has to fear is Ice Shard from Choice Scarf Snover.

a) the prose in the overview is terrible. it flows poorly and has repetition of a few words that make it sound clunky. starting a sentence with "And..." is always unacceptable.
b) you repeat "appreciates a Rapid Spin or Defog user" throughout the analysis and it reads weirdly.
c) houndour countering snover is factually incorrect, as, without eviolite, hasty houndour is 2hkoed 25% of the time by blizzard in hail when at full health, which makes it a questionable "switch in" at best and can definitely not counter snover "without a problem".
d) why use naive for scarf snover? you don't explain in the analysis and hasty is a more intuitive choice letting it check water types better.

 

[Lord Alphose]

a)The prose is pretty clunky. Eh. I might rewrite it. As far as beginning a sentence with "and," there are no mentions in the GP Standards. As such, I'm inclined to turn to outside sources. Here are the sites that I found on the internet: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/can-i-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/ http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-start-sentences-with-“and”-and-“but”/ http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/032601startsentandbut.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2005/11/but_its_okay_an.html http://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/writing/is-it-ever-okay-to-start-a-sentence-with-the-word-but http://english.stackexchange.com/qu...th-and-or-another-conjunction-must-you-follow http://www.gpuss.co.uk/english_usage/start_sentence_conjunction_1.htm https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080115133821AAeHpTV http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/grammar/conjunctions/7/starting-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/

All of the websites, results of me Googling "starting a sentence with and," say that it as an acceptable practice. You may peruse them at your leisure. In fact, several of my siblings are English majors in college, and all of them state that it is completely acceptable. R.W. Buchfield, the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years stated that "There is a persistent belief that it is improper to begin a sentence with And, but this prohibition has been cheerfully ignored by standard authors from Anglo-Saxon times onwards. An initial And is a useful aid to writers as the narrative continues."

If you don't believe the words of the Internet, people studied in English, and one of the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, then it appears we are at an impass.

b)It's used twice.

c)Houndoor outspeeds and OHKOs with Fire Blast or even Flamethrower.

d)It's more important to be able to take priority attacks, like Mach Punch, Aqua Jet, Sucker Punch, and so forth. Water-types that matter are these: Carvanha, Chinchou, Tirtouga, Shellder, and Omanyte. Others are simply too irrelevant to take account of, in all honesty. Carvanha is physical, as are Tirtouga and Shellder--->Naive. Chinchou does pitiful damage to Snover and is torn up by a Giga Drain. Any Omanyte user would be utterly idiotic to switch into Snover. Even if it gets a Shell Smash off and is attempting to sweep, it can't OHKO Snover without prior damage, and Ice Beam is a guaranteed 2HKO either way. And Snover can easily OHKO and nicely regain some health with Giga Drain.

 

[michael]

a)The prose is pretty clunky. Eh. I might rewrite it. As far as beginning a sentence with "and," there are no mentions in the GP Standards. As such, I'm inclined to turn to outside sources. Here are the sites that I found on the internet: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/can-i-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/ http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-start-sentences-with-“and”-and-“but”/ http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/032601startsentandbut.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2005/11/but_its_okay_an.html http://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/writing/is-it-ever-okay-to-start-a-sentence-with-the-word-but http://english.stackexchange.com/qu...th-and-or-another-conjunction-must-you-follow http://www.gpuss.co.uk/english_usage/start_sentence_conjunction_1.htm https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080115133821AAeHpTV http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/grammar/conjunctions/7/starting-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/

All of the websites, results of me Googling "starting a sentence with and," say that it as an acceptable practice. You may peruse them at your leisure. In fact, several of my siblings are English majors in college, and all of them state that it is completely acceptable. R.W. Buchfield, the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years stated that "There is a persistent belief that it is improper to begin a sentence with And, but this prohibition has been cheerfully ignored by standard authors from Anglo-Saxon times onwards. An initial And is a useful aid to writers as the narrative continues."

If you don't believe the words of the Internet, people studied in English, and one of the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, then it appears we are at an impass.

it might be acceptable in narrative writing but most of those sources say to cater to the occasion and smogon analyses tend to avoid that style. it reads strangely in context with the other pages. one of your linked sources states:

Just a word of warning, though: although you now have grammatical ‘permission’ to start a sentence this way, don’t go overboard! It’s perfectly acceptable to use this device judiciously, but remember there’s no value in separating short statements with full stops when you’re not intending to make an emphatic effect:

an analysis is not a narrative and informal constructions for effect are unnecessary, particularly when they break the flow of the text.

b)It's used twice.

it's used the only two times you mention rapid spin so it stands out. it's not worded well as it is and repetition only emphasises that.

c)Houndoor outspeeds and OHKOs with Fire Blast or even Flamethrower.

choice scarf snover is listed first, outspeeds non-choice scarf houndour, and 2hkoes 25% of the time with blizzard including the single turn of hail damage. after stealth rock damage it is always 2hkoed. that is hardly switching in "without a problem".

d)It's more important to be able to take priority attacks, like Mach Punch, Aqua Jet, Sucker Punch, and so forth. Water-types that matter are these: Carvanha, Chinchou, Tirtouga, Shellder, and Omanyte. Others are simply too irrelevant to take account of, in all honesty. Carvanha is physical, as are Tirtouga and Shellder--->Naive. Chinchou does pitiful damage to Snover and is torn up by a Giga Drain. Any Omanyte user would be utterly idiotic to switch into Snover. Even if it gets a Shell Smash off and is attempting to sweep, it can't OHKO Snover without prior damage, and Ice Beam is a guaranteed 2HKO either way. And Snover can easily OHKO and nicely regain some health with Giga Drain.

sorry, this was poorly worded. i meant that you should elaborate on the choice of ability in the analysis. hasty doesn't help against tirtouga though, nor against choice scarf / well played shell smash shellder.

 

[fitzy72]

So this got past QC but why are you using 104 EV's on attack for an Eviolite set with only Ice Shard?

EVs: 196 HP / 20 Atk / 36 Def / 100 SpA / 116 SpD / 36 Spe ideally with no hidden power then lose speed or attack points if you choose HP for last slot.

 

[Rowan]

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